MIDDLE EAST: Iran arrested suspects on charges of terrorism, claiming that they were linked to Arab and Western intelligence agencies.

TECHNOLOGY: Twitter added a “share tweet via email” feature so that users can share content with correspondants not on twitter and increase its user base.

TOP STORY

Israel and the Palestinian Territories: Hamas interior ministry spokesman said that more than 130 new Israeli airstrikes were carried out across the Gaza Strip this morning.

Israel renewed airstrikes in Gaza this morning killing two people despite an earlier agreement to a temporary ceasefire during the Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil’s three-hour visit to the Gaza Strip today.

Israel has called up 16,000 reserve soldiers as tanks, infantry and artillery units headed towards the Israel border with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Fayed Mustafa said that Israel’s agression is a politcal move ahead of parliamentary elections.

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East said that one of its teachers was killed by an Israeli strike on Thursday.

UAE newspaper The Gulf Today published an editorial stating that the actions by Israel towards the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is unacceptable, and slamming US President Barack Obama for supporting Israel in the cause.

Kosovo: EU police arrested three former ethnic Albanian guerillas suspected of committing war crimes against civilians during the 1998-99 conflict. (AFP)

Spain: Spain’s FM called on Britian’s ambassador in Madrid to submit a formal complaint about about recent frictions in the waters around Gibraltar. (EFE)

United Kingdom: A British monk set himself on fire in a Tibetan monastery in France, but it is unclear whether or not the monk commited the act in solidarity with Tibetans in China. (AFP)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran: Iran arrested suspects on charges of terrorism claiming that they were linked to Arab and Western intelligence agencies. (AP)

Jordan: US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that the US stands behind the reform laid out by King Abdullah. (AFP)

Syria: French FM Laurent Fabius raised the idea of excluding defensive weapons for Syrian rebels from the current blanket EU embargo. (AFP)

Syria: The Pentagon informed President Obama that any military effort to seize Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons would require the use of upwards of 75,000 troops. (NYT)

Syria: UN peacekeeping chief Harve Ladsous responded to claims by the Syrian government that the UN had approved Syrian actions in the Golan Heights, saying that the government should halt “incursions” into the Israeli-occupied territory. (AFP)

TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Communications: Twitter added a “share tweet via email” feature so users can share content with correspondants not on twitter and increase its user base. (TechCrunch)

WORLD

Cyclones: Nothing to report.

Hurricanes: Nothing to report.

Earthquakes: Nothing to report.

Volcanoes: Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand

Volcanologists warned that the volcano is showing signs of imminent eruption.